Gencay Kasapçı

Gencay Kasapçı (9 March 1933 – 29 November 2017) was a Turkish painter who specialized in fresco, glass art and mosaic.

Life Gencay Ataseven was born to Vicdani Ataseven and Şaziment in Ankara, Turkey on 9 March 1933. After finishing primary and high school in Istanbul in 1950, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (current Mimar Sinan University) in 1954.

She then returned to Ankara to study archaeology in 1957. Between 1959 and 1966 she lived and worked in Italy. In 1966 she returned back to Turkey. She married Abdullah Kasapçı, and later she settled in her husband's hometown Mersin. Gencay Kasapçı died in Mersin on 29 November 2017.

Art After winning a scholarship in 1959, she went to Italy and worked on fresco and mosaic under Prof. Collaccki in Florence. She stayed in Rome between 1960 and 1967,

Achievements and awards Kasapçı's awards are the following: 1960 International Gubbio Art Contest (2nd place) 1961 International Gubbio Ornament Contest (1st place) 1974 DYO Art Contest (1st place) 1980 "Award of Success" at Home Decoration Art Contest 1983 "Honorable Mention" at Vakko Art Contest 2003 "Award of Success" at 64th Art and Sculpture Contest by Ministry of Culture 2007 "Award of Profession" by Mersin Kızkalesi Rotary Club 2009 "Award of Profession" by Mersin Rotary Club 2011 Successful "Woman of the Year" Award by Mersin Soroptimist Club 2013 Mersin International Music Festival Art Award 2013 ÇAĞSAV Art Award 2013 "Respect to Master" Award by İzmir 5. International EgeArt